Foristell City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
Exterior Lighting Standards
Section 400.390 Exterior Lighting Standards.
[Ord. No. 381 §§1-2, 4-20-2000]
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Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to regulate the spill over of light and glare on operators of motor vehicles, pedestrians and land uses in the vicinity of a light source in order to promote traffic safety and to prevent the creation of nuisances.
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Applicability. The requirements of this Section apply to all private exterior lighting within the jurisdiction of this Article, except for lighting within public rights-of-way and/or located on public property.
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Depiction On Required Site Plan. Any and all exterior lighting shall be depicted as to its location, orientation, intensity of illumination and configuration on the site plan required for the development of the subject property.
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Requirements.
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Orientation of fixture. In no instance shall an exterior lighting fixture be oriented so that the lighting element (or a transparent shield) is visible from a property located within a residential zoning district. The use of shielded luminaries and careful fixture placement is encouraged so as to facilitate compliance with this requirement.
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Intensity of illumination. In no instance shall the amount of illumination attributable to exterior lighting, as measured at the property line, exceed fifty hundredths (0.50) foot-candles.
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Location. Light fixtures shall not be located within required transition strips.
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Flashing, flickering and other distracting lighting. Flashing, flickering and/or other lighting, which may distract motorist, is prohibited.
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Minimum lighting standards. All areas designated on required site plans for vehicular parking, loading or circulation and used for any such purpose after sunset shall provide artificial illumination in such areas at a minimum intensity of forty hundredths (0.40) foot-candles.
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Height of fixtures. Lighting shall be permitted at heights reasonable to meet the minimum lumination requirements while maintaining complete compliance with the intensity, location and orientation standards of this Section.
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Special events lighting. Any temporary use having exterior lighting, which is not in complete compliance with the requirements of this Section, shall secure a conditional use permit per Section 400.340 of this Chapter.
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Non-conforming lighting. All lighting fixtures legally existing prior to the effective date of this Section (April 20, 2000) shall be considered as legal non-conforming uses.
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Lighting. Any lighting fixtures used to illuminate any off-street parking area shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any adjoining residential lot, institutional premises or adjacent street.